A biography for Julia Hartley-Brewerhasn’t been written yet.
“There is absolutely nothing racist or xenophobic about being concerned about the pressures on housing, schools, the NHS, our roads, public transport and community cohesion that years of mass uncontrolled immigration has brought.”
“An infinite number of monkeys with an infinite number of typewriters might be able to write the complete works of William Shakespeare but the Bard himself, a devotee of the colourful metaphor, would struggle to be able to write a single sonnet in these politically correct times.”
“For Mr Corbyn, the E.U. is something of an irrelevance. At worst, it is a bureaucratic irritation. At best, it provides a useful expose of deep Tory fissures that may well explode in David Cameron's face.”
“I am a patriot. I love my country and its values and I am also immensely grateful to the brave souls who fought and died for our country to be free.”
“The unrelieved company of women can be a little wearing at times. And, to be brutally honest, men are often a lot more fun.”
“Appearing on shows like 'Question Time' and 'Have I Got News For You,' you learn to expect a certain amount of criticism and name-calling. For a woman in the public eye it goes with the territory.”
“The British etiquette for queueing behaviour has long been established: mutter, shake your head but stay quiet.”
“The honest, simple truth is that, by and large, rich people take better care of their health than poor people do because they have better, happier lives and they want to keep on having those better lives for as long as possible.”
“I am a big fan of Jeremy Clarkson and I love watching him on TV and reading his various columns. I think he's funny and irreverent and adds to the gaiety of nations.”
“The unpalatable truth is that many people don't feel it's worth their while to live long and healthily.”
“A queue doesn't necessarily imply order and good manners among our fellow men. Usually it's just down to poor organisation, under-staffing and hopeless service - and the long-suffering customer having no choice.”
“If you think women aren't able to cope on TV comedy panel shows, then have I got news for you: you're wrong.”
“It's perfectly clear that 99 per cent of people know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour in the workplace.”
“While I understand we might like to expect that our political representatives will be role models rather than reprobates, that doesn't mean we should expect them all to be perfect all the time.”
“I have the most wonderful childhood memories of holidays in the golden age before foreign package holidays were even a glint in Michael O'Leary's eye.”
“The war being fought against coronavirus has been led by the battle cry of We Must Do Something. Even if that Something is simply coming up with a new rule even more stupid than the last one.”
“With friends like Monsieur Macron, who needs enemies?”
“Yes, we can control not getting pregnant with free and easily available contraception. But when it comes to getting pregnant when you want to, then Mother Nature has a lot more input than most of us would like to think.”
“Travelling abroad was once a luxury only the very rich could afford.”
“Miscarriage is one of the hardest things for both parents to deal with because often no one outside your relationship or immediate family even knows you are pregnant.”